Thank you to all who attended the 2011 Fall Conference. In these challenging times, we loved getting the chance to hear from you about positive news from your school or district. Here's what you told us:

“We have five sections of first year French this year at Franklin H.S. in Portland!”

“Collaboration across languages J”

“College collaboration and curriuclum alignment”

“With support I’m speaking more in my target language!”

“We have 210 students learning German at Willamette H.S. in Eugene!”

“My Spanish Literature and Composition class is going strong and SNS students have the option of taking the AP exam!”

“Portland Lutheran now gives kids from grades 3-8 Spanish for a half-year plus high school.”

“I have three classes of German at the high school – very enthusiastic J”

“North Salem H.S. is in its first year of a Dual Language Spanish program.”

“We have a program for Russian Heritage Language Learners.”

“My principal renewed her commitment to keeping a full-time French teacher at my school.”

“My administration paid for COFLT!”

“My principal has kept foreign language courses with fewer than 30 students rather than canceling them.”

“A shift towards immersion starting at level 1.”

“Our school started an ‘instructional rounds’ process so I get to observe and collaborate with other language teachers!”